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No. 362,75Li. Patented May l0, 1887.

.dttorney FFCQ ALEXANDER LAGEEMAN, oE JNKPING, SWEDEN, AssioNoE rro THE meEmmN TYPOTHETER COMPANY, oE NEW Yoan, N. Y.

MACHINE FOR SETTING TYPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,751, dated May l0, 1887.

Appicalion tiled August 2S, ISSG.

T0 @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, ALEXANDER Iii-tenir MAN, a subject of the King of Sweden, and a resident of Jnkping, in the Kingdom ofSweden, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for SettingType; and I do hereby declarcthat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying seventeen sheets of drawings, which form a part of this specification. I

lhis invention has relation to machines for composing or setting77 type, and is adapted to be used in connection with a printers case of the ordinary and well-known construetion and arrangement.

One of the chief objections to the numerous composing-machines heretofore invented has been that these machines involve a radical departure from the old-fashioned way of setting type by manual labor, and for this reason they do not nd favor with compositors or printers, who, as a rule, do not care to depart materially from the method of setting type to which they have been for years accustomed; again, all ofthe socallcd typccomposing machines7 with which Iam acquainted are cumbersome, complicated, and therefore necessarily expensive,

and are not within the reach of printers of 0rdinary means.

The object of my invention is to produce a small, inexpensive, and compact machine, which is used in combination with the ordinary case,7 forming, preferably, apart there ot'or attachment thereto, and by the use of which the compositor is enabled to use bothy his right and left handin picking up the types from the case, instead of using the right hand only for that purpose while he holds the composing-stick in the left hand, as now practiced in setting type by hand; and it', by any aceident, the machine should break down or become inoperative,thc compositor need not stop his work for that reason, but can immediately and without leaving the case resort to the oldfashioned way and use the stick, the same as before he commenced to use the machine at all.

Before going into the details ol' the construe- Scrial No. M2133. (No model.)

tion of my machine l'shall first give a general outline of its operation and general features, from which it will be seen that the operator or compositor can useboth handsindiscriminately and as rapidly as may be, as all he has to do is to pick up the type from the two trays or cases on the :lrame or stand in front of him, and throw the type as fast as he picks it up into a funnel-shaped hopper within convenient reach, and without regard to how the nicks are situated or which way the l'ace of the type is turned, either up or down, thereby not only utilizing the left hand in picking up type as well as the right, but avoiding the loss oftime incident to the operation ot' placing the body of the type in its right position in the stick. On the composing frame, close under the lower case,77 is arranged a mechanism which derives its motion l'rom some motive power by means of a belt-pulley or other suitable gearing. At the front edge of the case, where the compositor stands, is a funnel-shaped hopper or reeeptaele,which has an opening at its lower end just wide enough to allow a singletype to slide lengthwise through Athe same. Below this opening is located anely-balanced lever, which, as the type strikes it, closes an electric circuit in such a manner as t: operate an electro-magnet, the armature of which starts the mechanism,which is actuated by the motor in such a manner that the driving-gear of said mechanism will make a single revolution and then again come to a stop. During this revolution ofthe gear the type is caught between a pair of arms, which carry it to one side, so as make room under the hopper for the type next in order, and at the same time bring the type grasped by them into a certain position between the fixed frame of the machine and a spring-actuated lever. It', while the type is in this position, the nick happens to be turned upward, which means that the type is turned upside down, then the operation of the machine will be to push the body of the type upward in its longitudinal direction by means ol' a lever worked from underneath; but if, on the other hand, the niek happens to be turned downward, which means that thc type is right side up, then the nick in this right position will be engaged by a catch, which will prevent the type from being pushed upcarrying the same forward while holding` it sidewise. Now, if the position of the nick in this type has been such as to allow the type to be pushed upward during the previous step in the operation of the machine, or, in other words, if the type has beenturned face downward, then the upwardly-extending part `of the type-body is made to strike against a projecting bar, whereby the pinchers holding the type are twisted slightly out o f their vertical position, simultaneously with which a gear on the other end of the shaft, which carries the pinchers, is caused to engage a fixed rack, by which, during the remainder of the motion of the machine, this pinchers-carrying shaft will completeaone-half revolution, thus reversing` the type which is held by the pinchers and turning it right side up but before letting go of the type these pinchcrs arc caused to deposit it between the frame of the machine and a spring-actuated lever, which operates in the same manner as the one hereinbefore referred to. On the other hand, if the position of the nick in the type has been such as not to allow the type to be pushed upward during the second step in the operation of the machine-- that is to say, if the type stands face upward*- then the body of the type will not be pushed upward, and consequently there will be no extending end to strike the projecting bar hereinbei'ore referred to. The pinehers which hold the type will therefore not revolve, and the position of the type will not be reversed; butin this case it will simply be deposited as soon as it is released in its original position between the frame of the machine and the spring-actuated lever.' At this stage of the operation of the machineweshallflnd the type number one, with which we started, always with face upward and with its greatest width in a certain direction; but the nick may be turned either right or left. The step next in order will be, therefore, to so adj ust the type that the nick shall be in its proper position, which involves a third operation, or, rather, a third step in the operation of the machine, and this commences as soon as the motive mechanism is for the third time set in motion by the dropping of type number three through the receiving-funnel. The spring actuated lever, by which type number one is supported on one side, as also the fixed sill or frame, which supports the type on the other side, are both provided with longitudinal ribs or feathers on their inner sides, or the sides facing'each other, which register with the nicks in the type, and as the type is being pressed up sidewise against this ribbed bed or support, at the same time being pushed forward in the channel formed between said ribbed lever and frame, it follows that either one or the other of theseV ribs or feathers will engage the nick. As the type slides along in this position it is caused to strike a low projection on the side toward which the nick is turned, and this causes the type to trip over on its ilat side, in which position the spring-actuated lever will close in upon it, the pusher meanwhile con tinuing to' carry the type onward in its channel until it reaches t-he end of the same, where the type, now in its right position in all respects, is deposited in the typegutter. which conducts it to the composing-galley. This iinishes the third step inthe series of consecutive operations of the machine. As the type fourth in order is dropped into the hopper by the compositor standing in front of his case, type number two will reach this third stage or step, and type number three will, simultaneously therewith, reach 'the second step, nhile type number one is by this time deposited in the typegutter which leads to the galley. Thus it will be seen that each of the broken or intermittent motions of the machine induces three simultaneous operations, each one of which forms a certain step in the complete process of the preliminary setting of the type. As type after type is pushed into the typegutter, a long` line of continuous type is gradually assembled or built up, which can be divided up into lilies of anydesired length simply by the compositor making use of a special type, which I call a break,77 and throwing the same into the funnel the same as the regu lar types. By using this/break at regular intervals, lines of approximately even length are produced. In order to enable the compositor to determine when he is to use a break, I have devised a sim ple device which operates in conjunction with the otherparts of the machine, and which will be fully described at the proper place. At the end of the type-gutter is a galley, or, more properly speaking, a com-r posing-stick of large dimensions, provided with transverse parallel gutters or channels, in which the lines of type are received as fast as they are formed in the type-gutter. At the end of each linerthis galley is moved automatically a distance equal to the width of one of the type-receiving glitters or channels, and in this manner the composed matter is assembled into distinct lines of any length that may be desired.

Having in the foregoing given a brief sketch or outline of thesalientfeatures ofthe machine, so far as its operation or manner of working is concerned, I shall now proceed to give a detailed description of the mechanical construction of the same, referring in this connection to the accompanying seventeen sheets of drawings, which form a part of this specification.

On the said drawings,Figure lis a perspective view of the printers case provided with IOS IIC

v tinuonsly-revolving drive-shaft.

this machine as it appears when ready .for work. Fig. 2 is a similar view, but the easings of the machine and also the lower ease on the composing-frame have been removed, for the purpose of showing the construction and arrangement of the machine more fully. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the main part of the machine removed from the composing-ease. Fig. 4L is a perspective view ofthe frame and machine Yf'rom a point of View diametrically opposite to the point from which the view shown in Fig. 2 is taken. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the frame and eases, or type-trays, looking from left to right, and showing the machine with its drive-shaft in operative position. Fig. is a plan or top view ofthe machine and a portion of the lower case adjacent thereto, the parts ofthe machine coveredby thelower ease being` shown in broken lines. Fig. 7 isa plan of the machine detached from the printers case. Fig. 8 is a front elevation of the machine, showing also part of the front side of the lower ease. Fig. 9 is a view, parts being shown in elevation and parts in section,of the machine seen from one side-viz., by a person standing to the left of the frame and looking toward it, (parts of the frame having been removed to show parts of the d rive-shaft and gears) the position occupied by the parts in this figure varying from the position of the same parts as shown in Fig. by an angle of about thirty degrees. Fig. 10 is a detail view ofthe mechanism which feeds the continuous line of type from the type-gutter Jto the galley, showing also the breaks whereby the length of the lines is determined. Fig. 11 is a detail view of part of the device or mechanism whereby the compositor is advised of the proper time when he is to drop a break into the funnel Yfor the purpose of closing up a line. Fig. 12 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken on the broken line marked :v :v in Fig. 7. Fig. 13 represents a vertical crossseetion through the broken line denoted bythe lettersyy in Fig. 7. Fig. 14 represents a vertical cross-section on thebroken line denoted by z .c in Fig. 7, looking from left to right. Fig. 15is adetail view, .partlyin section, illustrating the device for lifting or pushing the type upward to enable it to be grasped by the revolving pinehers. Fig. 16 is a plan of the mechanism whereby an intermittent motion is imparted to the machine fromthe con- Fig. 17 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the same mechanism. Fig. 18 is a detail view of the tripping-lever actuated by the type as it drops through the lower end of the funnel,

which brings the electro-magnet into action,"

and thereby sets the machine going. Fig. 19 is a top view of said lever. Fig. 20 is a detail view ofthe electro-magnet, with its armature and lever, showing the pawl -and-ratchet mechanism whereby an intermittent motion is imparted to the machine from the con- Fig. 2lv is tinuously-revolving drive-shaft.

a detail view of the box or bearing which carries one end of the continuously-revelving drive-shaft. Fig. 22 is a detail view of the stop mechanism which engages the drivevcollar when it is desired to stop the machine. Fig. 23 is a detail view of part of the mechanism whereby an intermittent motion is iniparted to the machine from the continuouslyrevolving driveshaft. Fig. 24 represents two types, the one to the left being turned right side up or f'ace upward, while the one to the right is turned wrong side up with face downward. Fig. 25 is a detail view iilustrating the manner in which the nick in the type is caught or engaged by the rib or feather of the spring actuated lever, (section on line ai ar, Fig. 3i.) Fig. 26 shows the type iu a reversed position, with its niek engaged by the rib or feather which projects from the iixed bed of the machine. This figure, as well as Fig. 27 on the same sheet, also shows the pushen which shoves or pushes the type in an upward direction from the under side. Fig. 27 is a detail view showing the type pushed up by the pusher, so as to strike against the stop or projection Awhich brings the revolving pinchers into action. Figs. 2S, 29, and 30 show a type in its various positions while held between the spring-actuated lever and the iixed frame of the machine. Fig. 31 is a detail plan view of the mechanism which iii-st receives the type on its travels from the trap or lever at the lower end of the hopper, and whereby the type is turned sidewise as the rst step in the series of operations which it is to undergo, said iigure showing the position of the movable jaw at the initial point 'or starting-point. Figs. 32 and 33 are similar views of the samemeehanism, showing the jaw in its different positions, the last-named figure showing the jaw in its proper position at the terminal point of its operation after the hub to which the jaw is pivoted has completed its circular track, as indicated by the arrows. Fig. 3i is a detail plan view of the springactuated lever and fixed frame between which the type is held while its nick is engaged by the projecting rib or feather on either the lever or the iixed frame, as shown in Figs. 25 to 30, hereinbefore referred to. Figs. 35 to 3S are detail end views of the revolving pinchers, showing the same in their various positions while making the half-turn. Figs. 39 to 41 are top or plan views of this pincher mechanism, in which the jaws and their actuating mechanism are shown in positions corresponding to thepositions shown in end elevation in Figs. 36, 37, and 3S, respectively. Fig. 42 is a plan view of the shoe or carrier and its adjuncts, whereby thc type is placed in proper position for entering the type-gutter which carries it to the composinggalley. Figs. 43 to 45 are similar views ofthe same devices. but showing them in their dif ferent operative positions. Fig. 4U on Sheet 10 is a detail view, in side elevation,of the pair of jaws shown uppermost in Fig. 10 on the same sheet. Fig. 47 is a similar view of the IIO 

